I recently started reading "13 Gifts," by Wendy Mass. It's about 12 year old Tara, who is always dealing with always moving and her confusing mom. She wants Tara to be social, very social, always pushing her to make friends. But her mom is also very protective, and even put a GPS tracking device in her phone. When Tara did something really stupid to try to get some girls at her new school to like her, she ended up being sent to Willow Falls, the town that they never vistit even though that's where most of her family lives. Of couse this was a big punishment when she will be missing the trip to Madagascar by going to Willow Fall. I think this was an unfair punishment because Tara was only trying to make her mom happy.
When Tara got busted for trying to steal the Principals favorite stuffed goat, she not only got in a lot of trouble with her parents, but she got suspended from school. For 2 weeks, which were the last 2 weeks of school. I think her punishment shouldn't be missing a trip like that, especially since the family had been planning for awhile, that everyone was excited for. But maybe Tara's mom doesn't realizing how the pressure to be social is some of the reason she isn't social.
All in all I like this book, and I want to see how her summer turns out. Probably reconnecting with her family and realizing it isn't so bad out in Willow Falls.
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